Tag: politics
America’s Shkreli problem
What, if anything, does Martin Shkreli’s downfall tell us about modern America?
Bernie hosting town hall on income inequality with Michael Moore and...
The town hall will focus on poverty in America, the 40-year decline of the middle class, and the growing power and political influence of corporate interests.
The Gulf monarchies and the corruption of US foreign policy
Considering the money involved, we probably shouldn’t expect any further investigations to shine a light on the corrupting influence of these decadent absolute monarchies on American democracy.
Corporations are spending their tax cut – on themselves
Instead of creating jobs, big businesses are using their tax cut bonanza to hike stock value and CEO pay.
Electing Trump ‘elected’ seven deadly sins – plus scoffing at Five...
By any religious training since year one, we have an icon of moral depravity in the White House.
Nashville mayor resigns after pleading guilty to theft
On Tuesday, Megan Barry and Robert Forrest pleaded guilty to felony theft and were both sentenced to three years of probation.
America is Disneyland
America is being eaten alive by corporate greed; and Disneyland has been taken over by Scrooge.
The Kerner Report at 50: Still separate, more unequal
The injustices remain, and time is not on anyone’s side.
Legalizing tyranny
We have built a terrifying legal and policing apparatus that has placed the poor of our nation in bondage – an American tyranny.
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Trump removal calls grow after Iran threat as Democrats debate 25th Amendment and impeachment...
Calls to remove President Donald Trump intensified after he warned that “a whole civilization will die tonight,” but constitutional requirements and political alignment within the executive branch make immediate removal highly unlikely.
How Iran won the Iran War
It is a pyrrhic victory in many ways, since Iran has new enemies among its neighbors and it has lost industrial capacity. But it is a victory of sorts.
The American Medical Association has an obligation it’s failing on.
Our government is killing people in cold blood, and the institutions meant to advocate for us remain silent even when it is their peers being forced into tanks, handcuffed, and locked away and tortured.
Millions lose food aid as Trump’s budget law reshapes SNAP
A new analysis finds 2.5 million fewer people received food assistance within months of enactment, with millions more expected to lose benefits as states adjust to new funding requirements.
Trump budget expands domestic surveillance powers alongside record $1.5 trillion military request
New budget documents reveal expanded FBI authority to monitor domestic extremism while the White House seeks historic increases in Pentagon spending and significant cuts to social programs.